Joshua T. Bates Takes Charge

Susan Richards Shreve is the author of twelve novels and a number of books for children. She is a professor at George Mason University and the president of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. She lives in Washington, D. C. (Publisher Provided) Susan Richards Shreve, born 1939, is a professor and author of more than twelve novels and children's books, show more including the children's series Joshua T. Bates. Shreve graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at George Washington University, Bennington College, and Princeton University. Shreve became a writer while raising four children and working as a schoolteacher. One of her grown children, Porter Shreve, is now a published author. Shreve's works often focus on the integrity of her characters and parent-child relationships. She has won several awards for her writing including the Guggenheim award in fiction in 1980 and the Edgar Allan Poe Award, Mystery Writers of America, in 1988. Shreve served as the PEN/Faulkner Foundation presdient from 1985- 1990. Shreve lives in Washington, D.C. show less